Libros
Friday, December 13 2019
EDITED BY MARÍA DEL PILAR BLANCO AND JOANNA PAGE “The most inclusive, informative, and up-to-date volume I have seen regarding science and culture in Latin America. An excellent choice for both the...
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Noticiero
Monday, December 9 2019
Fuente: SciDev De la ciencia se ha dicho mucho: que es el motor de las sociedades, que facilita la vida a la población, que es esencial para entender el mundo que nos rodea. Pero con mucho menos...
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Libros
Friday, December 6 2019
Source: AmazonHow Knowledge Moves: Writing the Transnational History of Science and Technology Paperback – January 10, 2019by John Krige (Editor)Knowledge matters, and states have a stake in managing...
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Libros
Thursday, December 5 2019
Source: Society for the Social History of MedicineHugh Cagle, Assembling the Tropics: Science and Medicine in Portugal’s Empire, 1450–1700 , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xix + ...
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Derechos humanos
Thursday, November 21 2019
Source: NatureUS science agencies’ slow response to the threat posed by China’s talent-recruitment programmes has allowed China to divert US government funds and private-sector technology to further...
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Noticiero
Sunday, October 6 2019
Fuente: Raúl A. Pérez Rivera/ENDIEl 3 de octubre tuvimos el honor de tener como conferenciante en la UPR-Humacao, al Dr. Martin Chalfie. El profesor Chalfie compartió el premio Nobel de química en el...
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Noticiero
Sunday, September 8 2019
Fuente: SciDev En las últimas décadas, Brasil destacó en América Latina y a nivel mundial por la ciencia producida en el país. Sin embargo, desde 2016, hay una reducción drástica de recursos al...
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Editorial
Friday, August 16 2019
Por Rodrigo Fernós, PhD 16 de agosto de 2019 IntroducciónEl propósito de este memorando es proveer información de trasfondo que ayude a líderes institucionales académicos explicar la importancia...
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Noticiero
Sunday, June 9 2019
Fuente: SciDev [MONTEVIDEO] A cinco meses de las elecciones nacionales en Uruguay, la Academia de Ciencias de ese país (ANCiU) difundió un documento dirigido a los candidatos presidenciales que...
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Desarrollo
Tuesday, May 14 2019
Source: NatureEven before Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the monumental trade plan now known as the Belt and Road Initiative to the rest of the world, he was already selling elements of it to...
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Noticiero
Wednesday, April 24 2019
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Noticiero
Monday, April 1 2019
Source: GizmodoPHILADELPHIA—As the Trump administration continues to attack science, scientists continue to push back, whether by joining rallies and strikes or running for office. In the next...
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Noticiero
Tuesday, February 12 2019
Source: NatureFor astronomers at the Large Millimeter Telescope in Mexico's Puebla state, the new year began with disturbing news. Their work probing the formation and evolution of stars, planets,...
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Editorial
Wednesday, February 6 2019
by Rodrigo FernósThere are many worrying trends in academia, one them being a misrepresentation of the internal content of PhD theses. Particularly worrisome, from my own field of interest, is the...
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Noticiero
Thursday, December 20 2018
Source: NatureYuan Cao’s teenage years were hardly typical. By age 18, he had already graduated from high school, completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Science and Technology of China...
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Noticiero
Thursday, December 20 2018
Fuente: SciDev En el universo de los 6.000 científicos cuyos trabajos han sido más citados, solo 0,53 por ciento (32) son latinoamericanos, según consigna el ranking publicado por Clarivate...
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Ambiente
Tuesday, October 2 2018
Fuente: NoticelEl próximo sábado, 6 de octubre, se conmemorará el centenario del terremoto y tsunami ocurrido en Puerto Rico en 1918 con una actividad en el Ecoexploratorio y Museo de Ciencias de...
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Genética
Wednesday, March 21 2018
Source: NatureDieter Egli was just about to start graduate school in 1998 when researchers first worked out how to derive human embryonic stem cells. In the two decades since, the prolific cells have...
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Noticiero
Wednesday, March 14 2018
Source: NatureStephen Hawking, one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century and perhaps the most celebrated icon of contemporary science, has died at the age of 76.The University of...
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Noticiero
Wednesday, March 14 2018
Fuente: El PaisEl físico británico Stephen Hawking, el científico que explicó el universo desde una silla de ruedas y acercó las estrellas a millones de personas alrededor del mundo, ha fallecido esta...
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Noticiero
Monday, February 26 2018
Source: MercoPressThe UK-Brazil Year of Science and Innovation 2018-19, will be celebrated by a cocktail reception on 27 February at the Museum of Tomorrow during the visit of the British Royal...
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Noticiero
Thursday, January 4 2018
Source: NatureThere is a classic narrative that stresses the importance and value of fundamental science. To make progress, one must take persistence by researchers, mix in patient financial support...
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Noticiero
Tuesday, January 2 2018
Fuente: SciDev Recortes presupuestales, descubrimientos de cepas agresivas, el ambiente en mayor riesgo: 2017 no ha sido el mejor año para la ciencia y tecnología en América Latina.Las amenazas de...
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Noticiero
Saturday, December 16 2017
Source: NatureGlaciologists will soon have a treasure trove of data for exploring how Antarctica’s underbelly has changed over nearly half a century. An international team of researchers has scanned...
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Desarrollo
Saturday, November 25 2017
Fuente: SciDev.net[BONN, ALEMANIA] Una nueva muestra de las contradicciones que atraviesan a América Latina desde lo ambiental se vivió durante la Conferencia de Cambio Climático de la ONU (COP23),...
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